Dennis Letts
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Birthday: September 05, 1934
Deathday: February 22, 2008
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Gender: Male
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A Killing in a Small Town
Overview: The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-22
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Infamous
Overview: While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-13
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A Face to Kill for
Overview: Accomplished horse trainer is deceived by her husband, unfairly sent to prison, and she re-makes herself and eventually gains revenge.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-13
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The Man in the Moon
Overview: Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-30
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Heartbreak Hotel
Overview: When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother - who was a big fan of Elvis Presley - gets in a wreck. He and his band members then decide to kidnap Elvis and hook him up with his mother.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-30
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Johnny Be Good
Overview: It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-22
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Wild Texas Wind
Overview: Soon after a country singer moves in with her band's new manager, he's found slain and she's a suspect.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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The Ernest Green Story
Overview: Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-17
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Jailbirds
Overview: Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed together.
Genres: Action Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-16
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The Last Prostitute
Overview: Two 60s teenagers find work rather than pleasure when it turns out that the prostitute they desire now owns a horse farm.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-11
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Where the Heart Is
Overview: Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-27
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Frequent Flyer
Overview: Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his womanizing and bigamy begin to come to light.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-10
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Tabloid!
Overview: Aliens invade an aerobics class before the credits roll in this horror anthology spoof illustrating outrageous stories that could easily be found in a tabloid newspaper at your local grocery store checkout! The stories are: Baby Born With Full Beard, BBQ Of The Dead, and Killer Vacuum Destroys Town
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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Fire Down Below
Overview: When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency—to determine what happened.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-05
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Fugitive Among Us
Overview: An increasingly obsessed detective chases an escaped rapist across the Southwest and enters into a complicated relationship with one of the victims.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-04
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Gordy
Overview: A talking pig named Gordy becomes involved in a quest to save his family from the slaughterhouse.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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Challenger
Overview: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-25
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Time Bomb
Overview: A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-25
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Cast Away
Overview: Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-22
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To Live Again
Overview: A loopy mother locks her teenage daughter in her room after allegedly showing signs of being crazy. Over a decade later, somebody finally investigates, removes the daughter from the mother's care, and attempts to rehabilitate the daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-08
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Bloodsuckers from Outer Space
Overview: A mysterious and invisible alien presence has landed in rural Texas and has started turning the nearby townspeople into white-faced, bloodthirsty killers. As the local authorities begin to investigate the strange and violent goings on, a photographer and his girlfriend find themselves trapped in the midst of an unexpected rural bloodbath, which seeks to turn them into another pair of bloodsuckers from outer space...
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-03
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Two Mothers for Zachary
Overview: A grandmother sues her daughter for custody of her grandson, because she believes that her daughter's homosexuality renders her unfit for motherhood.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-22
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The Road to Galveston
Overview: Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-24
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Little Boy Blue
Overview: Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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Rush
Overview: Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-22
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Trial: The Price of Passion
Overview: Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused of murdering her husband.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-03
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A Taste for Killing
Overview: Two college students get a summer job on an offshore oil rig. They are soon approached by a co-worker who had earlier befriended them, and who now tries to draw them into a plot to murder the rig's crew chief.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-12
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Sidekicks
Overview: Asthmatic teenager Barry Gabrewski is a daydreamer. Troubled by bullying, he escapes into a fantasy world where he is the sidekick to his martial arts hero, Chuck Norris, in a series of high-octane adventures taken right out of his movies. With help from his teacher's wise old uncle, Mr. Lee, Barry learns the finer points of martial arts and enters a karate championship.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-17
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Square Dance
Overview: An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-01
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Passenger 57
Overview: An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand for this sort of thing.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-06
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